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Children and families in crisis across the USA need
our help – and yours. And as a 501(c)(3) organization,
Mission 500 now has even greater flexibility to work
with local charities to better support existing and
new sponsors and volunteers. But even with over
1100 children sponsored and many acts of charity
performed to date, there's still a great deal of work
to be done.
Get involved today! Visit mission500.org
for more information.
Supporting Families Across America
NEWS
By Spencer Ives
YA R M O U T H , M a i n e — T h e
EU General Data Protection
Regulation—better known as
the GDPR—became enforce-
a b l e a s o f M a y
25. This regula-
t i o n a d d r e s s e s
how personal data
o f E U c i t i z e n s
is handled, with
GDPR fines that
could amount to
more than 1 mil-
lion euros per vio-
lation.
A s p ro f e s s i o n a l s e c u r i t y
handles personal information
through a variety of systems—
video surveillance, video data
storage, access control, etc.—
the industry stands to be wide-
ly impacted by the regulation,
SSN News Poll gauges reader
familiarity with the GDPR
p a r t i c u l a r l y a s t h e G D P R
addresses how information is
gathered, stored, and who can
access it. Security Systems News
decided to ask its reader base
about their levels
of awareness and
preparedness.
SSN first asked
its readers wheth-
er they were fol-
lowing the GDPR.
F i f t y - e i g h t p e r-
cent said that they
knew a little about
it and were learn-
ing more, at the time of the poll
between mid-May and early
June. Twenty-nine percent said
they were staying on top of it,
and 12 percent said that SSN's
poll was the first they were
hearing of the GDPR.
Readers were pretty close-
ly divided when it comes to
whether the GDPR will affect
them. Thirty-eight percent said
that they expect the GDPR to
affect their business, and they
are already compliant. Twenty-
nine percent don't anticipate
t h e G D P R w i l l a ff e c t t h e m
much, but the company is still
preparing. Thirty-three percent
said the regulation won't affect
them.
F o rt y - s i x p e rc e n t o f p o l l
respondents said that their
business is entirely contained
within North America. Some
re s p o n d e n t s — 3 3 p e rc e n t —
reported that most of their busi-
ness is outside of North Ameri-
ca. Another 21 percent said that
some of their business is outside
of North America.
SSN
Have you been following
the GDPR?
Will GDPR guidelines
impact your company?
Does your company do
much business outside
of North America?
News Poll based on answers provided by respondents in May and June.
Due to rounding, figures may not add up to 100 percent.
Vivint's Brian Brower talks home security
B
rian Brower, Vivint's
VP of product man-
agement, has 20
years of experience in
product development.
He is also the VP and
GM of core services at the
company. A big focus for
Brower is the apps that
they've been developing,
such as its new Streety
neighborhood-focused
app. Security Systems
News talked with Brower
in mid-May about his
home security system.
What kind of security system do you have? Surprisingly, I have a
Vivint system at home. It's interesting—because I started at Vivint,
… we built a new house and for awhile I was in between systems.
And, I used that time to test some of the other things that are out
there. Ultimately, I couldn't wait to get my Vivint system back.
Why this particular setup? Our set up: we have the thermostat,
we have the locks, we have a few cameras around the outside,
we have our doorbell camera, and then we have the traditional
security sensors, where we have … every exterior door has a
sensor, as well as windows, and then we have motion sensors on
each floor. … We use the features of the system that make our
lives easier, and we've tried to set up the system to make that as
easy as possible.
What is one aspect of your security system that you wouldn't want
to live without? Security. For us, we've got our system now sched-
uled so that every night at 10 o'clock our home arms. We also
use Vivint's intelligence in the background. I mentioned that we
have motion detectors on every floor; so, I know within minutes
of leaving my house that the house is empty and it will remind
me that things like locks are open or lights are on or my house
isn't armed.
Where do you see security going next? What are some big trends? I
think it's all about the neighborhood aspect of it. For example, one
of the things that just happened this weekend in my community
here in Utah: we had a rash of garage break-ins. People had been
leaving their garage door open … and were discovering things
were getting stolen out of the garage. If we had all had Streety
and just quickly notified each other … all of us would have made
sure that our garage doors were closed every time.
—Spencer Ives
How I Use My s yste M
Brower has a Vivint system at his home.
As of early June, most respondents know a little bit about
the GDPR but are learning more
Readers were
pretty closely
divided when it
comes to whether
the GDPR will
affect them.
Together
we
can
Educate
Inspire
Heal
Nourish
Children and families in crisis across the USA need
our help – and yours. And as a 501(c)(3) organization,
Mission 500 now has even greater flexibility to work
with local charities to better support existing and
new sponsors and volunteers. But even with over
1100 children sponsored and many acts of charity
performed to date, there's still a great deal of work
to be done.
Get involved today! Visit mission500.org
for more information.
Supporting Families Across America
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